JPO Editorial Board

Steven A. Gard, PhD

JPO Editor-in-Chief

Executive Director of the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center for Education & Research, Chicago, Illinois. He is on the Northwestern University Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation faculty, the Feinberg School of Medicine, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Kristie Bjornson, PT, PhD, MS

Associate Professor, Developmental Medicine, Pediatrics at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute.

Goeran Fiedler, PhD

Assistant professor for the Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics (MSPO) program at the University of Pittsburgh

Mark Geil, PhD

Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Georgia State University. He specializes in biomechanics, and pediatric prosthetics and orthotics.

Brian J. Hafner, PhD

University of Washington (UW) professor with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and an adjunct Professor in the UW Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Michelle J. Hall, MS, CPO, FAAOP(D)

Prosthetic team lead and residency director at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minnesota. She specializes in working with adult patients.

Daniel Heitzmann, Dipl. Ing. (FH)

Research Engineer with the Department of Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. He specializes in lower-limb orthotics and prosthetics as well as gait analysis.

M. Jason Highsmith, PT, DPT,
PhD, CP, FAAOP(D)

Dual-licensed in prosthetics and physical therapy. Highsmith is associate professor at the University of South Florida, Tampa, and co-director of the university's Center for Neuromusculoskeletal Research.

Peter Kyberd, PhD, MSc, BSc

Head of Department and Professor of Rehabilitation Cybernetics at the University of Greenwich, London, UK. He is a specialist in the design and evaluation of upper-limb prosthetic components.

Matthew J. Major, PhD

Research health scientist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Sara Morgan, PhD, L/CPO

Acting Assistant Professor in the Prosthetics & Orthotics Program, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.

David Morgenroth, MD

Physiatrist and scientist. He is Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington. In addition, he is a Staff Physician and Associate Program Director for the Amputation Rehabilitation Fellowship at VA Puget Sound Health Care System and an Investigator at the VA RR&D Center for Limb Loss and Mobility (CLiMB).

Elaine Owen, MSc SRP, MCSP

Superintendent and Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at the Child Development Centre in Bangor, UK. She specializes in tuning AFOs.

Phillip M. Stevens, CPO, MEd, FAAOP

Prosthetist-Orthotist with Hanger Clinic in Salt Lake City,
Utah. He specializes in upper-extremity prosthetics.

Nicolette Chamberlain-Simon, MPO, CPO

Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist at UC San Francisco and Director of the Academy's evidence database, O&P IQ. She has worked in various prosthetic and orthotic settings, including rehabilitation hospitals, private clinics, and mobile care environments.